[lojban-beginners] Re: ***SPAM*** Re: distinction between gismu & cmavo

[mls1@rice.edu]

Quoting Karl Naylor <karl.org@gmail.com>:

> On 20/05/07, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But why are those cmavos like {mi} listed on the gismu list, then?
>
> I wondered about that too.  The impression I got is that certain cmavo
> that have semantic meanings (as opposed to affecting the grammar only)
> have been included in the gismu list so that one can search for them
> there.  However, I could be wrong.  If we're lucky we may get an
> answer from somebody who knows for sure :)
>
> In any case, as you probably know, you can recognise a gismu by its
> length and consonant/vowel composition: all gismu are of the form
> CVCCV or CCVCV, and no non-gismu words are.
>


So it is not possible for a fu'ivla to "accidentally" have CVCCV or CCVCV?